{"id":1476,"date":"2020-05-23T22:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.wptips.dev\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2020-06-21T09:27:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T02:27:44","slug":"wp-sync-db","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-sync-db\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Synchronize Live and Local Database?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How do you push a local database to your live one? Have you been manually exporting then importing the SQL files?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been doing that for years until I found this plugin called WP Sync DB<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow the guide below for installation process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Download and Activate it in BOTH Local and Live sites.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Download WP Sync DB<\/strong> from Github<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Why is the plugin not in WordPress.org repository?<\/summary>

Because the creator forked it from another plugin called WP Migrate DB which is already in wordpress.org.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

Is the link above your own forked version?<\/summary>

Yes, the creator abandoned the plugin and I need to add nginx support to it.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

Is it safe to use?<\/summary>

From my 3 years of experience using it, I’ve never got any fatal error.<\/p>

The way it works is it creates temporary tables and only replace your real table if the migration is a 100% success.<\/p>

So the worst it could do is adding some unused tables in your database that you can easily drop.<\/p>

Having said that, it’s never a bad idea to have a periodic backup of your website<\/strong>, in case of human error.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

Step 2: Get the API Key from Live Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In your live site, go to Tools > Migrate DB, click “Settings” tab and follow the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WP Sync DB setting in live site<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
  1. Tick all three checkboxes.<\/li>
  2. Copy the API Key.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Step 3: Push Local Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    In your local site, go to Tools > Migrate DB and follow the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    WP Sync DB preparing local site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    1. Select “Push” and paste in the API Key.<\/li>
    2. Setup the Find & replace. Don’t forget to replace the protocol like http:\/\/<\/code> to https:\/\/<\/code>.<\/li>
    3. Tick “Media Files” if you want to sync images too.<\/li>
    4. Save the setting so it can be reused in the future.<\/li>
    5. Click “Migrate DB & Save”.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Done!<\/strong> It will open a popup showing the progress like below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      WP Sync DB push progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Common Error: transfer_chunk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      The connection failed, an unexpected error occurred,\nplease contact support. (#121 - scope: transfer_chunk)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      This error is caused by an unstable internet connection<\/strong>. Even a slight disturbance can break the progress of your push or pull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      This is the biggest weakness of this plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      If you can’t get better internet, what you can do is to migrate few tables at a time by selecting it in the setting like below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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      Selecting few tables at a time if your internet connection is unstable<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      I have tried many migration plugin and this is the best free plugin you can get. Another promising plugin is VersionPress<\/a>, but it hasn’t been production-ready for like 2 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      For migrating theme files, I’m using Github Action<\/a> that automatically uploads changed files on commit. I will create a tutorial about that in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      Let me know if you trouble setting up WP Sync DB plugin in the comment below \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      Using WP Sync DB plugin we can automatically import our WordPress database from local to live installation (or vice versa) Learn how to set it up here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-1476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plugin","tag-database"],"blocksy_meta":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1639,"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions\/1639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixelstudio.id\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}